Life, 1904-05-26 · page 6 of 22
Life — May 26, 1904 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces: **"Our Farm"** (top right): A promotional article for Life's country retreat, offering city children fresh air and wholesome activities. **"Modern Decoration Day"** (center-left): A patriotic poem by McLandburgh Wilson commemorating what appears to be Decoration Day (now Memorial Day), honoring fallen soldiers with references to specific historical figures like Whatshisname and places like Georgia and Winchester. **Bottom illustration**: A social cartoon depicting two women discussing a broken engagement, with one stating "I hear your engagement is off, dear" and the other responding "Yes; it was a case of heart failure." This is a humorous play on words—suggesting romantic disappointment rather than medical emergency. The page blends patriotic commemoration, promotional content, and lighthearted social satire typical of Life's editorial mix.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
-LIFE- Our Farm. L opens his farm at Branchville this season with a hopeful heart. The house is cleaned, the beds are ready, the cooks are armed, and several thousand city children are waiting their chance for a smell of the country. Whatever the weather, hot, cold, dry or rainy, we shall give them their two weeks of fresh air; of trees and grass and promiscuous :fun, of wholesome food and clean beds. ‘we,"’ he means you, for it is your money that does it, and Lire counts upon his friends. TESTIMONIAL OF AN ENTHUSIAST. “1 PERL THAT THE AUTOMOBILE MAS COME TO STAY.’? NOT AT LIFE'S FARM DREAMING OF THE FIELDS. Modern Decoration Day. ‘OW comes the day we set apart To mourn at Valor's grave ; ‘To teach the rising patriots The story of the brave. So beat the drum for U. S. Jones— I'm pretty sure ‘twas he— Who signed some sort of thing beneath The famous apple tree. Give praise to brave old Whatshisname, That hero of the free, Who marched—I can't recall just why— From Georgia to the sea, To General P. Thingumbob Our meed of tribute pay ; He rode a horse to Winchester From somewhere else one day, Three cheers for them and all the rest Who left a deathless name ! My duty’s done. Hooray! I'm off To see the baseball game, McLandburgh Wilson, HE announcement of the win- ner of The Meanest Railroad an eee ee Contest will be made in the next 4) NEAR YOUR ENGAGEMENT ts OFF, DEAR.” number of Lire. “VES; IT WAS A CASE OF HEART PAILURE.”” comicbooks.com